Luminescent method of prospecting and testing lead ore deposits

Abstract

Quantitative determination of elements in rocks and ores is widely carried out on the basis of chemical and physicochemical methods of analysis. Physicochemical methods in quantitative analysis are mainly represented by spectral and polarographic methods. The luminescent method is utilized for these purposes mainly as a special method of quantitative mineralogical analysis [1]. Quantitative mineralogical analysis with the use of the luminescent method is based on the property of luminescence of some minerals when irradiated with cathode, ultraviolet and X-rays. Thus, based on the use of cathode luminescence of scheelite, its quantitative determination in scheelite ores and concentrates is carried out [2].